Artists' village opened on RP isle by ex-Japan engineer

Artists' village opened on RP isle by ex-Japan engineer

KOBE, Japan - Locals attend a ceremony to open an artists' village on Siquijor, an islet off Negros island in the southern Philippines, on Jan. 10, 2015, in a project led by Koji Kuwabara, a former Japanese nuclear power engineer. The two young men on the extreme left have learned painting from Kuwabara. (Photo by Kenichi Iinuma)

Family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII sought

Family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII sought

LOS ANGELES, United States - Nobuko Iinuma, a 68-year-old writer based in Los Angeles, holds a bloodstained Japanese flag as she speaks at an event in a Los Angeles suburb commemorating the 55th anniversary of the end of World War II on Aug. 14. Iinuma said her neighbor, Gold Mayer, had asked her to help him find the family of a Japanese soldier who died in battle in the Philippines in 1944. Mayer found the flag wrapped around the dead soldier's body.

Buddhist monk known for cooking skills checks taste of meal

Buddhist monk known for cooking skills checks taste of meal

Koyu Iinuma, a Buddhist monk known for his cooking skills, checks the taste of a meal he prepares on Oct. 29, 2015, at Fukusho-ji temple in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo, where he serves as deputy chief priest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Artists' village opened on RP isle by ex-Japan engineer

Artists' village opened on RP isle by ex-Japan engineer

KOBE, Japan - Locals attend a ceremony to open an artists' village on Siquijor, an islet off Negros island in the southern Philippines, on Jan. 10, 2015, in a project led by Koji Kuwabara, a former Japanese nuclear power engineer. The two young men on the extreme left have learned painting from Kuwabara. (Photo by Kenichi Iinuma) (Kyodo)

Exhibition on chemist Takamine to take place in Kanazawa

Exhibition on chemist Takamine to take place in Kanazawa

LOS ANGELES, United States - Jokichi Takamine III (R), 77, skims through documents at his home in suburban Los Angeles for an exhibition commemorating his grandfather, Japanese-born chemist Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922), to be held in Japan. To the left is Los Angeles-based Japanese journalist Nobuko Iinuma. The exhibition for the late Takamine, whose most notable achievement was the isolation of adrenaline, will take place Dec. 1-17 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture.

Family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII sought

Family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII sought

LOS ANGELES, United States - Nobuko Iinuma, a 68-year-old writer based in Los Angeles, holds a bloodstained Japanese flag as she speaks at an event in a Los Angeles suburb commemorating the 55th anniversary of the end of World War II on Aug. 14. Iinuma said her neighbor, Gold Mayer, had asked her to help him find the family of a Japanese soldier who died in battle in the Philippines in 1944. Mayer found the flag wrapped around the dead soldier's body.

Biography of Japanese sculptor to be published

Biography of Japanese sculptor to be published

LOS ANGELES, United States - Nobuko Iinuma talks to Kyodo News in Los Angeles on Feb. 16 on a biography she wrote of the late Japanese sculptor Gozo Kawamura, known in the United States for his statues that adorn public buildings. Kawamura, who died in March 1950, is noted in the U.S. for creating the statues at the New York Public Library and the Supreme Court, said Iinuma, who spent four years researching Kawamura's life.